The War of the Worlds (Version 4)


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(4.5 stars; 21 reviews)

The War of the Worlds is a science fiction novel by English author H. G. Wells, first serialized in 1897 by Pearson's Magazine in the UK and by Cosmopolitan magazine in the US. The novel's first appearance in hardcover was in 1898 from publisher William Heinemann of London. Written between 1895 and 1897, it is one of the earliest stories to detail a conflict between mankind and an extraterrestrial race. The novel is the first-person narrative of both an unnamed protagonist in Surrey and of his younger brother in London as southern England is invaded by Martians. The novel is one of the most commented-on works in the science fiction canon. - Summary by Wikipedia (5 hr 53 min)

Chapitres

The Eve of the War 15:07 Lu par johnnyenglish
The Falling Star 8:46 Lu par johnnyenglish
On Horsell Common 6:42 Lu par johnnyenglish
The Cylinder Opens 7:39 Lu par johnnyenglish
The Heat-Ray 10:00 Lu par johnnyenglish
The Heat-Ray in the Chobham Road 5:48 Lu par johnnyenglish
How I Reached Home 8:17 Lu par johnnyenglish
Friday Night 6:09 Lu par johnnyenglish
The Fighting Begins 12:01 Lu par johnnyenglish
In the Storm 13:33 Lu par johnnyenglish
At the Window 12:08 Lu par johnnyenglish
What I Saw of the Destruction of Weybridge and Shepperton 22:14 Lu par johnnyenglish
How I Fell in with the Curate 11:06 Lu par johnnyenglish
In London 22:25 Lu par johnnyenglish
What had Happened in Surrey 15:36 Lu par johnnyenglish
The Exodus from London 23:03 Lu par johnnyenglish
The Thunder Child 19:18 Lu par johnnyenglish
Under Foot 14:10 Lu par johnnyenglish
What We saw from the Ruined House 19:00 Lu par johnnyenglish
The Days of Imprisonment 10:54 Lu par johnnyenglish
The Death of the Curate 9:22 Lu par johnnyenglish
The Stillness 5:48 Lu par johnnyenglish
The Work of Fifteen Days 7:22 Lu par johnnyenglish
The Man on Putney Hill 30:01 Lu par johnnyenglish
Dead London 18:51 Lu par johnnyenglish
Wreckage 10:27 Lu par johnnyenglish
The Epilogue 8:08 Lu par johnnyenglish

Critiques

Very good reading. Especially the voice of women.


(4 stars)